Authors & Poets
Arbuthnot, John - Ned Gowan states 'Law is a bottomless pit" after concluding Jamie's settlement with Laoghaire (V, chapter 38) This is the title of a satirical pamphlet written by John Arbuthnot in 1712
Burns, Robbie - Claire tells Jamie about the line 'Freedom and whisky gang tegither' from Robbie Burns's poem The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer (DIA, chapter 24)
Catullus - It is part of Catullus's poem 'Lesbia' that Hugh Munro writes on the piece of paper that he wraps his dragonfly in amber gift in (Outlander, chapter 19)
Cervantes, Miguel de - After Jamie is attacked by John Grey in the woods and makes Murtagh punish him for his carelessness, Claire asks him if Cervantes is born yet as she wonders if he is familiar with the term 'quixotic' (DIA, chapter 36)
Cleland, John - Jamie is reading Fanny Hill when he receives the call to drive Lord and Lady Dunsany to Ellesmere (V, chapter 15)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - Claire quotes a line from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner after landing in Hispaniola (V, chapter 50)
Defoe, Daniel - Jamie reads Robinson Crusoe when he lives in his cave (V, chapter 6) It is also one of the stories that Jamie tells the Ardsmuir prisoners from memory, and their favourite (V, chapter 8)
Dickens, Charles - Claire realises that reading accounts of child cruelty in Dickens has not prepared her for the reality of such events (Outlander, chapter 9)
Fielding, Henry - One of the stories that Jamie tells the Ardsmuir prisoners from memory is The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding (V, chapter 8)
Frost, Robert - Claire quotes from Robert Frost's poem, The Death of the Hired Man, when Young Ian is reluctantly returned to Lallybroch (V, chapter 32)
Herodotus - in Outlander, Father Anselm is using the library at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre because he is engaged in translating the works of Herodotus, but in Cross Stitch he is translating the works of St. Jerome (Outlander only, chapter 38) Herodotus is known for his work 'The Histories' which is about the Greco-Persian wars.
Homer - when Jamie and Claire first arrive at Lallybroch, Jamie is greeted rapturously by the Lallybroch dogs and Claire compares this to Odysseus returning from the Trojan War and being recognised by his faithful hound as told in Homer's Odyssey (Outlander, chapter 26)
Housman, A.E. - the title of part one of Voyager, 'Battle, and the loves of men', is from the poem Hell's Gate by A.E. Housman. Claire quotes the first two lines from Poem X, The Weeping Pleiads Wester, when she and Jamie watch the moon rise while onboard the Artemis. When Claire thinks of Jamie's gravestone in Scotland she is reminded of the last verse of A.E. Housman's poem, Because I Liked You (V, chapter 42)
Jacobs, Joseph - Joseph Jacobs collected and published a book called Celtic Fairy Tales which includes The Sprightly Tailor story which the Reverend Wakefield used to tell Roger on Hallowe'en when he was a child (V, chapter 22)
Linklater, Eric - the author of The Prince in the Heather, which contains the line about a captain named Fraser from the Master of Lovat's regiment surviving the slaughter at Culloden (V, chapter 2)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - Claire quotes from his poem, The Building of the Ship, as the Artemis prepares to sail from the port of Cape Wrath (V, chapter 41)
McClintock, Mrs - author of Mrs McClintock's Receipts for Cookery and Pastry-work (V, chapter 5)
Marvell, Andrew - Claire thinks of a quote from Marvell's poem To His Coy Mistress, when she and Jamie make love the night that Alex Randall dies (DIA, chapter 45)
Moliere - Claire notes that the Lallybroch women waulk their wool to the rhythms of Moliere and Piron (DIA, chapter 34) Moliere is a French playwright
Pepys, Samuel - Frank mentions Pepys in the lecture that Claire dreams about (DIA, chapter 10)
Piron - Claire notes that the Lallybroch women waulk their wool to the rhythms of Moliere and Piron (DIA, chapter 34) Alexis Piron was a French playwright
Post, Emily - the author of a book on etiquette called, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, which was first published in 1922. When Claire is introduced to Hobart MacKenzie she wonders what Emily Post would recommend in such a situation (V, chapter 38)
Richardson, Samuel - author of Pamela, one of the books Jamie read while living in his cave (V, chapter 11)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques - Lord John has a copy of La Nouvelle Heloise on his bookshelf at Ardsmuir (V, chapter 10)
Scott, Walter - Jamie quotes a line from Walter Scott's epic poem Marmion to tease Claire (DIA, chapter 36)
Shakespeare, William - Claire quotes Shakespeare when she forgives Frank for implying that she had affairs during the war. (Outlander, chapter 1), when she first meets Auld Alec (Outlander, chapter 7), when she talks to Sister Angelique at L'Hopital des Anges (DIA, chapter 12) The reference to a 'fretful porpentine' is from Hamlet (Outlander, chapter 23) The chapter title of chapter 24 of Outlander is a line from MacBeth (Outlander, chapter 24). Jamie paraphrases Hamlet (V, chapter 33) The title of chapter 37 of Voyager is from Romeo and Juliet (V, chapter 37)
Smollett, Tobias - One of the stories that Jamie tells the Ardsmuir prisoners from memory is The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett (V, chapter 8)
Spock, Dr - Claire and Frank refer to Dr Spock when Brianna rolls over for the first time (V, chapter 3) This is Dr Benjamin Spock, an American paediatrician whose book The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care was published in 1946 and became the parenting bible for many years
St Augustine - When the Comte St Germain and Master Raymond stand before King Louis accused of sorcery, Louis notes that they have both practised astrology, but that this is not a crime as even St Augustine was known to have made inquiries into the mysteries of astrology. Claire recalls that St Augustine had dismissed astrology as a load of rubbish and she doubts that Louis has read Augustine's Confessions (DIA, chapter 27)
St. Jerome - in Cross Stitch, Father Anselm is using the library at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre because he is engaged in translating the works of St. Jerome, but in Outlander he is translating the works of Herodotus (Cross Stitch only, chapter 38) St. Jerome is known for his theological writings and in particular for translating the Bible into Latin and his commentaries on the Gospel of the Hebrews
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Claire quotes the last two lines of the poem Requiem by Robert Louis Stevenson when she sees Jamie with some rabbits he has snared (DIA, chapter 31)
Tacitus - Jamie reads a book by Tacitus while at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre (Outlander, chapter 38) Tacitus was a Roman senator and historian
Tennyson - Claire quotes a line from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Lady Clara Vere de Vere when Jamie goes off to do a good deed (DIA, chapter 24)
Woodhill - Frank owns a book called Patriots by Woodhill about the American Founding Fathers (V, chapter 7)
Burns, Robbie - Claire tells Jamie about the line 'Freedom and whisky gang tegither' from Robbie Burns's poem The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer (DIA, chapter 24)
Catullus - It is part of Catullus's poem 'Lesbia' that Hugh Munro writes on the piece of paper that he wraps his dragonfly in amber gift in (Outlander, chapter 19)
Cervantes, Miguel de - After Jamie is attacked by John Grey in the woods and makes Murtagh punish him for his carelessness, Claire asks him if Cervantes is born yet as she wonders if he is familiar with the term 'quixotic' (DIA, chapter 36)
Cleland, John - Jamie is reading Fanny Hill when he receives the call to drive Lord and Lady Dunsany to Ellesmere (V, chapter 15)
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor - Claire quotes a line from The Rime of the Ancient Mariner after landing in Hispaniola (V, chapter 50)
Defoe, Daniel - Jamie reads Robinson Crusoe when he lives in his cave (V, chapter 6) It is also one of the stories that Jamie tells the Ardsmuir prisoners from memory, and their favourite (V, chapter 8)
Dickens, Charles - Claire realises that reading accounts of child cruelty in Dickens has not prepared her for the reality of such events (Outlander, chapter 9)
Fielding, Henry - One of the stories that Jamie tells the Ardsmuir prisoners from memory is The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry Fielding (V, chapter 8)
Frost, Robert - Claire quotes from Robert Frost's poem, The Death of the Hired Man, when Young Ian is reluctantly returned to Lallybroch (V, chapter 32)
Herodotus - in Outlander, Father Anselm is using the library at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre because he is engaged in translating the works of Herodotus, but in Cross Stitch he is translating the works of St. Jerome (Outlander only, chapter 38) Herodotus is known for his work 'The Histories' which is about the Greco-Persian wars.
Homer - when Jamie and Claire first arrive at Lallybroch, Jamie is greeted rapturously by the Lallybroch dogs and Claire compares this to Odysseus returning from the Trojan War and being recognised by his faithful hound as told in Homer's Odyssey (Outlander, chapter 26)
Housman, A.E. - the title of part one of Voyager, 'Battle, and the loves of men', is from the poem Hell's Gate by A.E. Housman. Claire quotes the first two lines from Poem X, The Weeping Pleiads Wester, when she and Jamie watch the moon rise while onboard the Artemis. When Claire thinks of Jamie's gravestone in Scotland she is reminded of the last verse of A.E. Housman's poem, Because I Liked You (V, chapter 42)
Jacobs, Joseph - Joseph Jacobs collected and published a book called Celtic Fairy Tales which includes The Sprightly Tailor story which the Reverend Wakefield used to tell Roger on Hallowe'en when he was a child (V, chapter 22)
Linklater, Eric - the author of The Prince in the Heather, which contains the line about a captain named Fraser from the Master of Lovat's regiment surviving the slaughter at Culloden (V, chapter 2)
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth - Claire quotes from his poem, The Building of the Ship, as the Artemis prepares to sail from the port of Cape Wrath (V, chapter 41)
McClintock, Mrs - author of Mrs McClintock's Receipts for Cookery and Pastry-work (V, chapter 5)
Marvell, Andrew - Claire thinks of a quote from Marvell's poem To His Coy Mistress, when she and Jamie make love the night that Alex Randall dies (DIA, chapter 45)
Moliere - Claire notes that the Lallybroch women waulk their wool to the rhythms of Moliere and Piron (DIA, chapter 34) Moliere is a French playwright
Pepys, Samuel - Frank mentions Pepys in the lecture that Claire dreams about (DIA, chapter 10)
Piron - Claire notes that the Lallybroch women waulk their wool to the rhythms of Moliere and Piron (DIA, chapter 34) Alexis Piron was a French playwright
Post, Emily - the author of a book on etiquette called, Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics, and at Home, which was first published in 1922. When Claire is introduced to Hobart MacKenzie she wonders what Emily Post would recommend in such a situation (V, chapter 38)
Richardson, Samuel - author of Pamela, one of the books Jamie read while living in his cave (V, chapter 11)
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques - Lord John has a copy of La Nouvelle Heloise on his bookshelf at Ardsmuir (V, chapter 10)
Scott, Walter - Jamie quotes a line from Walter Scott's epic poem Marmion to tease Claire (DIA, chapter 36)
Shakespeare, William - Claire quotes Shakespeare when she forgives Frank for implying that she had affairs during the war. (Outlander, chapter 1), when she first meets Auld Alec (Outlander, chapter 7), when she talks to Sister Angelique at L'Hopital des Anges (DIA, chapter 12) The reference to a 'fretful porpentine' is from Hamlet (Outlander, chapter 23) The chapter title of chapter 24 of Outlander is a line from MacBeth (Outlander, chapter 24). Jamie paraphrases Hamlet (V, chapter 33) The title of chapter 37 of Voyager is from Romeo and Juliet (V, chapter 37)
Smollett, Tobias - One of the stories that Jamie tells the Ardsmuir prisoners from memory is The Adventures of Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett (V, chapter 8)
Spock, Dr - Claire and Frank refer to Dr Spock when Brianna rolls over for the first time (V, chapter 3) This is Dr Benjamin Spock, an American paediatrician whose book The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care was published in 1946 and became the parenting bible for many years
St Augustine - When the Comte St Germain and Master Raymond stand before King Louis accused of sorcery, Louis notes that they have both practised astrology, but that this is not a crime as even St Augustine was known to have made inquiries into the mysteries of astrology. Claire recalls that St Augustine had dismissed astrology as a load of rubbish and she doubts that Louis has read Augustine's Confessions (DIA, chapter 27)
St. Jerome - in Cross Stitch, Father Anselm is using the library at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre because he is engaged in translating the works of St. Jerome, but in Outlander he is translating the works of Herodotus (Cross Stitch only, chapter 38) St. Jerome is known for his theological writings and in particular for translating the Bible into Latin and his commentaries on the Gospel of the Hebrews
Stevenson, Robert Louis - Claire quotes the last two lines of the poem Requiem by Robert Louis Stevenson when she sees Jamie with some rabbits he has snared (DIA, chapter 31)
Tacitus - Jamie reads a book by Tacitus while at the Abbey of Ste. Anne de Beaupre (Outlander, chapter 38) Tacitus was a Roman senator and historian
Tennyson - Claire quotes a line from Alfred, Lord Tennyson's poem Lady Clara Vere de Vere when Jamie goes off to do a good deed (DIA, chapter 24)
Woodhill - Frank owns a book called Patriots by Woodhill about the American Founding Fathers (V, chapter 7)